Old School Fun

[Andy Greene]

Any body remember these -

Thank you Revell- Best 2 bucks I EVER spent in my life- LOL

Kayti had a blast flying it B) B) B) B) B)

Took a TON of trimming and a little clear to get the dihedral right to get it flying properly, but yeah- many memories

 

[moparbarn]

$2 !!!!!!!!! those were ten cents when i was a kid. so was my allowance, so it all went there or a kite, as they were a dime too. box kites were a quarter. maybe it's my age...............hours of fun with those little balsa gliders. from there i went to .049 cox thimbledrome control line stuff & the rest is history . ya'll keep having fun, drew.

 

[Grimracer]

Glad to hear it... ya know those airplanes were designed and tested here in our RND department.. true..

FUN SUFF!

Grim

 

[RodneyPierce]

I remember these, and the rubber band powered planes.

 

[anthony_marquart]

my kids play with the foam ones now,..

 

[Andy Greene]

$2 !!!!!!!!! those were ten cents when i was a kid. so was my allowance, so it all went there or a kite, as they were a dime too. box kites were a quarter. maybe it's my age...............hours of fun with those little balsa gliders. from there i went to .049 cox thimbledrome control line stuff & the rest is history . ya'll keep having fun, drew.

They made em cheaper back them RRRobin cause you guys had to dodge the dinosaurs that would eat em

 

[moparbarn]

to put in a time frame drew, part of my .10 cent allowance was washing my mom's '56 chevy convertible. early on in miami, 'bout 57-59 era. price doesn't change the fun factor to her though !!

 

[Andy Greene]

to put in a time frame drew, part of my .10 cent allowance was washing my mom's '56 chevy convertible. early on in miami, 'bout 57-59 era. price doesn't change the fun factor to her though !!

I couldnt resist

 

[Bob Blazer]

All you younger guys are lucky. When I was a kid they didn't have planes yet.!

The Dad

 

[Rhonda Pickard]

The Revel by me made all the car kits my dad took me there it was being in a candy jar and went home with a couple hot rod kits those were good days Robert

 

[Bill Gibson]

The Revel by me made all the car kits my dad took me there it was being in a candy jar and went home with a couple hot rod kits those were good days Robert

Robert, Revell, AMT,Monogram, Lindburgh Model kits, Aurora slot cars, Guillows and Goldberg rubber band powered balsa planes, Cox glow powered C/L planes...what a GREAT time it was to be a kid......when it was fun to actually BUILD stuff! Andy, thats a GREATpic of Kayti holding her plane....she has no idea that she looks like a throw back to the 60s and 70s!! AWESOME!

 

[Michael Costanzo]

The Revel by me made all the car kits my dad took me there it was being in a candy jar and went home with a couple hot rod kits those were good days Robert

Robert, Revell, AMT,Monogram, Lindburgh Model kits, Aurora slot cars, Guillows and Goldberg rubber band powered balsa planes, Cox glow powered C/L planes...what a GREAT time it was to be a kid......when it was fun to actually BUILD stuff! Andy, thats a GREATpic of Kayti holding her plane....she has no idea that she looks like a throw back to the 60s and 70s!! AWESOME!

a few years later for me,70's&80's,but all the same great stuff,rubberband planes,.049's,control line,still build plastic and die cast models,and yes it was a fun childhood...who says it has to end!

 

[Bill Gibson]

The Revel by me made all the car kits my dad took me there it was being in a candy jar and went home with a couple hot rod kits those were good days Robert

Robert, Revell, AMT,Monogram, Lindburgh Model kits, Aurora slot cars, Guillows and Goldberg rubber band powered balsa planes, Cox glow powered C/L planes...what a GREAT time it was to be a kid......when it was fun to actually BUILD stuff! Andy, thats a GREATpic of Kayti holding her plane....she has no idea that she looks like a throw back to the 60s and 70s!! AWESOME!

a few years later for me,70's&80's,but all the same great stuff,rubberband planes,.049's,control line,still build plastic and die cast models,and yes it was a fun childhood...who says it has to end!

Mike, i hope i doesnt end until i take my last breath! All that stuff basically kept my ass out of trouble, unlike some of my friends that i hung around with...... I do get a kick out of the prices of things like models......i could buy an AMT funny car kit for a buck fifty when i was a kid.....a Cox Babee .049 was, i think about 4.95...rubber band powered balsa planes were less than a buck.....but a 4 channel r/c airplane radio was still about 400 dollars!

 

[Hydro Junkie]

I had a few of those planes, paid less than 50 cents for them, even the rubber powered ones. I also still build plastic models, time allowing. I remember when I could buy a 1/72 scale airplane kit for under $5, now they're $25+ for the cheapest ones. Cost me $70+ to buy some 1/48 scale models this year as well, included an A-6E, EA-6A and EA-6B, totalled up to somewhere in the $250+ range all told by the time the Governor got her cut.